is 100# enough?
02-24-2008, 12:52 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Newtonville, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 3,896
RE: is 100# enough?
ORIGINAL: DaGriz
In my opinion you owe it to the critter your hunting to use the draw weight that insures a clean kill at whatever distance and circumstance you shoot. Using a lighter draw weightwould mean you have to limit yourself to shorter distances.Hunting with a Horizontal bow or a vertical bow requires common sense, confidence in your equipment , knowing your limitations, knowing when NOT to shootplus a lot of patience!
It is really not the kill that makes the hunt. That's the anti climatic end to a good hunt!
In my opinion you owe it to the critter your hunting to use the draw weight that insures a clean kill at whatever distance and circumstance you shoot. Using a lighter draw weightwould mean you have to limit yourself to shorter distances.Hunting with a Horizontal bow or a vertical bow requires common sense, confidence in your equipment , knowing your limitations, knowing when NOT to shootplus a lot of patience!
It is really not the kill that makes the hunt. That's the anti climatic end to a good hunt!
02-24-2008, 10:16 PM
#13
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: PA.
Posts: 5,195
RE: is 100# enough?
30# recurve will take whitetail buck out to 20yds maxand is very deadly as you can hold it like a compound with your fingers.
secret is you have to have a good heavy arrow for energy and sharp point.
as long as your shots are close,20 yds .
many, manyof kids i grew up with used a 30 # bow.
i dont know what the law is now on that, i think its still 30# is minimum you can use.
as for crossbow, i am not able to help but if i was using light pdbow, i would use heavy arrow and shoot close,like 20 yds.
secret is you have to have a good heavy arrow for energy and sharp point.
as long as your shots are close,20 yds .
many, manyof kids i grew up with used a 30 # bow.
i dont know what the law is now on that, i think its still 30# is minimum you can use.
as for crossbow, i am not able to help but if i was using light pdbow, i would use heavy arrow and shoot close,like 20 yds.
03-01-2008, 12:02 AM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Central, Alaska
Posts: 1,774
RE: is 100# enough?
150# for XBow minimum, probably minimum 50# for verticle bow. California has a minimum of 40# on verticle bows for the taking of big game. In our regs they additionaly state that XBow and verticle bow have to launch arrow or bolt 130yds. minimum.
